You can also ask the Electoral Commission to send you papers by emailing overseas@elections.org.nz with your full name, date of birth, email and/or ph number, the New Zealand address you’re enrolled at, and the address overseas you’re keen for the papers to be sent to. They send these from NZ at the start of Sept so make sure to ask for them before then.

2. Send your papers in

Once you’ve got your papers and filled them out, you’ll need to send them in. Here’s the ways you can do it:

If you’re sending in your papers electronically, they have to be received by 7pm on the 23rd of September New Zealand time.

By post, they must by postmarked (received and processed by the local post office) by Thursday the 21st of September, and received by the Electoral Commission by noon on Wednesday the 27th of September.

If you’re handing them in physically to a diplomatic post, they all have different deadlines so you’ll need to check in with them. Usually it’ll be 4pm local time on Friday the 22nd of September.

If you’re keen for more info on overseas voting, ring the Electoral Commission from NZ on 0800 36 76 56, or from overseas on +64 9 909 4182. You can also message us on Facebook and our team can help you out!

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